PHP Backend Developer – Heavy Materials, Logistics & Construction Tech (Remote, India)

About XBE

XBE builds business-operations software for heavy materials, logistics, and construction companies that should be generating far more profit than they do today. Through BCMI, our cloud platform for concrete and heavy-materials producers, we power real-time dispatch, logistics, and analytics that connect plants, drivers, and contractors across the field.

fully remote, high-trust, high-agency

Role Overview

We’re looking for an experienced PHP Backend Developer to evolve XBE/BCMI’s core platform powering dispatch, e-ticketing, logistics, and analytics across heavy logistics. You’ll build APIs, data models, and backend services that connect producers, drivers, and contractors in real time—shipping robust, production-grade systems with measurable business impact.

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Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in PHP for mission-critical workflows.
• Develop and optimize RESTful APIs and integrations (GPS, batching, CRM/ERP).
• Model and query complex operational data using MySQL or similar RDBMS.
• Contribute to CI/CD, Docker deployments, and production observability.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and documentation.
• Own features end-to-end: design → deploy → monitor → iterate.
• Proactively simplify systems and improve performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of PHP backend development.
• 2+ years with MySQL (or similar RDBMS) in production.
• Strong grasp of software fundamentals, OO design, and data modeling.
• Workable understanding of Linux, CI/CD, and Docker.
• Excellent written and verbal English (B2+).
• Proven ability to make sound technical decisions with minimal supervision.
• Enthusiastic about technology, best practices, and continuous learning.

How You Work (What Great Looks Like Here)

• Systems thinking: You’ve built or supported high-availability or real-time systems; you understand queues, event-driven patterns, caching, and data consistency trade-offs.
• Product empathy: You translate dispatcher/driver workflows into reliable backend logic and care about latency and uptime in the field.
• API discipline: You design clean, versioned, secure APIs and handle third-party integrations and sync at scale (auth basics: JWT/OAuth).
• Reliability mindset: You instrument, monitor, debug, and own your code in production—rollbacks and observability are second nature.
• Security first: You apply secure coding practices (OWASP basics, input validation, least privilege, data privacy).
• High agency: You operate autonomously in a remote, async environment—proactively clarifying goals, surfacing risks, and unblocking yourself.

Nice to Have

• AWS, API security, or data pipeline optimization experience.
• Familiarity with construction, logistics, or heavy materials domains.
• Exposure to microservices, event-driven architectures, or container orchestration.
• Interest in AI-assisted analytics or operational automation.

What We Offer

• A high-agency environment where initiative and ownership are expected and rewarded.
• Flexible work timings but requiring overlap with Central Europe timezone (2 PM – 10 PM IST).
• Competitive compensation and transparent growth paths.
• The chance to build software that powers real-world construction and logistics operations.
• A collaborative, feedback-driven culture focused on outcomes over bureaucracy.

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